POULTRY DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 27 



the principal points, and any amateur can make a simple matter- 

 of-fact examination such as has been described, very often with 

 considerable satisfaction to himself." 



In order to get tlie benefit of the descriptions given in tliis 

 book oi tlic post-mortem appearances of organs in various dis- 

 eases, the poultryman should proceed as follows. If the liver, 

 for example, of a dead bird appears to be abnormal, look up in 

 the index of this book the entry "Post-iiiortciii appearance of."^ 

 Under tliis will be found a heading "liver," followed by the page 

 numbers 40, 47, 49 to 56, 61, 68, 113, 115, 121, 188. 194. 

 This means that on each one of the pages listed will 

 be found a description of the post-mortem condition of 

 the liver in a bird dying of some particular disease. Similar 

 entries are made for other organs. In this way the post-mortem 

 examination may be made to aid directly and quickly in the 

 diagnosis of disease. 



